Notice anything about modern men on TV, in advertising, at the movies or just as you go about your daily routine? Facial hair is back, big time.

Cast a look back to the late sixties and early seventies and male facial hair was usually accompanied by a shock of long hair. In 2015 facial hair has returned with a bang but is often worn alongside a cropped head of hair or even a shaved head.

Funny man David Mitchell looks as if he has finally grown up sporting 'face fungus'. His pudgy baby face looks streamlined under his hairy face.

Naughty Graham Norton looks quite dashing and manly sporting his laughing cavalier style of beard and tash. That said in recent days his beard has become more of a bush.

Norton blames his beard on a lack of work or social engagements earlier in the year. He described himself as too lazy to shave unless there is a reason he has to. So a lack of commitments meant he soon sprouted a beard and it has stuck.

The recent charity events in November, now dubbed Movember, seemed to get the hairy face ball rolling in the UK.

In participating countries moustaches are shaved by men taking part in the years' Movember. The idea is whether you normally have a mass of facial hair or not that you start November clean shaven before proceeding to grow your 'face-fungus'.

Silicon Valley is set to be the scene of a protest involving drag queens Monday. Facebook is getting tough with fake or pen name users and is determined real names will rule but a bunch of people including drag queens want to keep their anonymity.

When the World Wide Web was in its infancy it was almost a case of 'anything goes'. Fast forward a few years and websites began imposing restrictions sometimes to appease the new great god, Google. Move on a few more years following many Google updates, from Pandas to Penguins, and the Internet is slowly but surely becoming more restrictive.

But Facebook has built its business model on a real-name policy. From its birth in 2004 Facebook has tried to get users to use real names and since last year it has taken a tough stance on names viewed as fake.

We are all well aware that government authorities snoop on our online activity to one degree or another. Around 4am GMT Monday the Patriot Act in the USA will either be expanded or disappear into its own black hole but online monitoring is here to stay.

Americans may object to homeland monitoring but spare a thought for those outside of the USA who are fair game most of the time. Add to this the Tory government's plans to increase online snooping in Britain and the Internet is far from private.

Perhaps all of the above explains in part why Facebook wants to push users to use their real names but they should remember nothing lasts forever-in fact online sometimes it does not last long at all.

Myspace had its day and fell from huge success to a non-entity rapidly.

Currently Twitter and Facebook are the two biggest social media outlets online but others are gaining ground.

Facebook needs users-fact.

The #MyNameIs coalition created by drag Queen Sister Roma from San Francisco encompasses users who do not want to display their real identity. These users are fighting Facebook's real-name rules.

The Guardian reports "The policy has incited drag queens, transgender people, Native Americans, domestic violence survivors and others who do not use the names on their birth certificates to come together against the policy as part of the #MyNameIs coalition."

The real name policy stands accused of benefitting online bullies and high-profile users such as celebrities.

Facebook accounts of drag queens and Native Americans have previously been suspended as their names do not correspond with government identification. That has more than a whiff of corruption to it.

Ongoing talks since last September have failed to bring about real change to the flawed real name policy and so the Queens will be out on force Monday.

And Facebook's policy of allowing users to report suspect accounts has led to some malicious behaviour.

"The protest is scheduled to begin at 11am, across the street from Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters. Demonstrators are going to demand that the company remove the fake-name reporting option, stop verifying people with government identification, and develop a more clear appeals process."

Haroon Ahmed, 26, described as a violent prisoner walked out of HMP Dovegate in Marchington, Staffordshire this week and is now in Spain. Ahmed apparently walked out of the high-security prison along with a group of visitors as a 'joke'.

But he is now in Marbella, on the Costa del Sol, in Spain and the joke has to be on British authorities.

There are reports that claim he wanted to test the security of the prison; if that is the case the security in place failed the test.

Ahmed has spoken to the Daily Mirror saying ‘In my own mind I wanted to test out the security. I thought I’ll give it a go – and walked out of the door. That’s how easy it was. I just kept on walking.’ The Metro reports he added that he was worried for his safety if he returns to the UK and claimed his family was being harassed because of his escape.

Police have refused to confirm or deny that Ahmed is in Spain but have said they are investigating all lines of inquiry.

Security at the prison is run by private company SERCO. "Michael Guy, Serco's director at HMP Dovegate, said: "We are taking this extremely seriously and I have commissioned an urgent investigation into the circumstances of the escape. "We are working closely with the police to identify what went wrong and to address any failings."

A prison service spokesperson said such escapes are rare.

But in May 2014 violent armed robber Michael Wheatley, 55, dubbed the skull cracker absconded from an open prison. Police issued a warning not to approach Wheatley after he failed to return to the open prison, after being allowed out. His crimes involved raids on banks and building societies with violence the norm. In 2002 he was found guilty and sentenced to 13 life jail terms at the Old Bailey, and 13 concurrent five-year sentences for possessing an imitation firearm.

In sentencing the judge said Wheatley had to serve a minimum of eight years.

Hardly the sort of convicted criminal any of us would expect to be in an open prison or allowed out, even though the eight year deadline had passed.

Within days he was apprehended but not before he had run amok.

He quickly went on a rampage proving that his time inside had not rehabilitated him at all. He was sentenced to life, again, whatever that means.

Also in May 2014 there were a spate of absconds as convicted killer Arnold Pickering, 44, from Greater Manchester, went on the run after he failed to return to Kennet Prison in Liverpool; knife robber, Damien Burns, 39 from Scarborough and Dean Jackson, 27, from Newcastle upon Tyne, who was on remand for a theft related matter also absconded.

In 2014 the government was quick to respond promising to tighten security but with much of the UK prison system now operated by private security firms and the service facing cuts were those empty words?

Saturday, ahead of FA cup final between Arsenal and Aston Villa, Prince William weighed into the FIFA debate.

In the week the FBI made a number of FIFA related arrests and the football organisation was accused of corruption it may have been a timely intervention by the Prince was it really necessary?

Perhaps it is a case of like father like son and William may follow Prince Charles intervening and interfering on non-royal matters.

To be fair William was actively involved with the UK's last and unsuccessful bid to stage the world cup. Wills is president of the FA, football association in the UK.

The prince offered his backing to former Manchester United chief executive and newly elected FIFA vice-president David Gill who quit the position after Blatter was re-elected president. William said: "There seems to be a huge disconnect between the sense of fair play that guides those playing and supporting the game, and the allegations of corruption that have long lingered around the management of the sport internationally. “The events in Zurich this week represent Fifa's Salt Lake City moment, when the International Olympic Committee went through a similar period of serious allegations.

"Fifa, like the IOC, must now show that it can represent the interests of fair play and put the sport first. “Those backing Fifa, such as sponsors and the regional confederations, must do their bit to press these reforms - we are doing football and its fans no favours if we do not. “I have no doubt that when Fifa reforms, its mission to spread the benefits of the game to more people, especially those in developing countries, can only be enhanced." Friday a defiant Sepp Blatter was re-elected to lead FIFA for another term refusing to step down or take any responsibility for wrong-doing. The view that the buck stops with the head man or woman appears to have passed Blatter by.

Blatter coasted his way to victory getting almost double the votes of his only opponent Prince Ali of Jordan.

The way the voting operates Blatter was bound to do well out of the African Nations as far as votes go having supported football and invested FIFA money on that continent.

Was that buying votes or taking the game to countries that would otherwise be excluded?

If FIFA is guilty as accused it is not a new state of affairs. Do we smell a rat as far as the USA goes and the fact the next host country of the World Cup scheduled for 2018 is Russia? Is it more about preventing Russia host the next World Cup?

Qatar, World Cup hosts for 2022, is also back in the spotlight. Was their successful bid dodgy? The timing of the World Cup had to be changed due to temperatures in Qatar in June. Qatar is accused of a series of allegations including corruption and the plight of migrant workers.

A 16-year-old boy from Ipswich arrested on suspicion of two murders appeared in court Saturday in the UK charged with a double murder.

Saudi national Nahid Almanea, 31 and James Attfield, 33 and a father-of-five, were stabbed to death in 2014 in Colchester, Essex. In March James Attfield was found with 102 knife wounds in Castle Park and in June Ms Almanea was stabbed 16 times as she walked to the University of Essex campus.

Mr Attfield was still alive, just, when he was found with injuries to his hands, arms, face, neck and head but his life could not be saved. Ms Almanea was also alive when found but died at the scene as paramedics tried to save her life.

Appearing at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court the unnamed boy did not enter a plea. He was remanded in custody and will be back in court Monday but in a Crown Court.

His identity remains anonymous due to his young age. BBC News reports his parents were both at today's hearing and cried as the charges were read out. He reportedly smiled at them. Apart from confirming his name and date of birth when read out, and agreeing that he understood the proceedings, the suspect said nothing.

When the horrific attacks took place in 2014 the teenager would have been 14 or 15. His age and the ferocity of his attacks are shocking.

He was finally apprehended Tuesday after being caught carrying an offensive weapon. Police investigations continued this week and he was re-arrested before being charged with the murders.

It is worth noting that up to 11 other people have been previously arrested in connection with the killing of Mr Attfield.

At this time the teenager is a suspect; however if he did commit these heinous crimes there are many questions that will need answering. How does one so young become such a violent killer? Were these two victims chosen at random, almost opportunistic murders?

And if convicted of the crimes what sentence is fitting for such a brutal killer?

Op-Ed: Positive people power got to work Thursday and although the victim of a RTA is fighting for his life he is alive.

A unicyclist was trapped under a London bus following an accident around 6pm Thursday. He was knocked under the bus during the rush-hour in Walthamstow.

People ran to help, leaving restaurants and their journey home, and the large group, estimated at 100 people, managed to move the bus and free the injured unicyclist.

One spectator who came on the scene after the tragedy had begun said she heard screams and was amazed to see the group of people pushing, or rather lifting, the weighty double-decker bus off the man.

The victim remains fighting for his life in an East London hospital Friday.

The Evening Standard reports "Sami Ullah, owner of Directors Cut café, which is opposite the crash scene, said he was "amazed" that the group were able to lift the bus. Describing the moments after the accident, he said: "I was standing at the till and heard a loud noise. It was a big bang – we thought it was a shotgun or something."

Sami witnessed people running to help from cafes in the area and other buses. As one they managed to inch the bus enough to free the victim who was described as "in a proper mess".

Not many cyclists involved in a crash with a double-decker bus live to tell the tale.

In the heat of the moment people power turned to group strength and saved the day.

Police were quickly on the scene and took over.A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: "Police were called at 5.50pm to a bus in collision with a unicyclist in Hoe Street, E17. "The male unicyclist was taken by ambulance to an east London hospital where his condition is believed to be serious. "The bus - a route 212 - stopped at the scene. There has been no arrest. Roads closures are in place."Evening StandardSky NewsMail Online

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